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According to the website www.opensecrets.org American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians have spent upwards of $430,000 for lobbyists in any given year and up to 17 lobbyists working for them. https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2017&id=D000021834 and they have political contributed between $250K – $300 K per 2 yr election cycle …here is a website showing their political contributions to […]
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Prescription Drug Price Relief Act of 2019 https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/102 This bill establishes a series of oversight and disclosure requirements relating to the prices of brand-name drugs. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review at least annually all brand-name drugs for excessive pricing; HHS must also review prices upon petition. […]
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FDA Warns of ‘Serious’ Respiratory Problems With Gabapentin https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/922932 Life-threatening breathing difficulties can occur in patients who use gabapentin or pregabalin with opioids or other drugs that depress the central nervous system, as well as those with underlying respiratory impairment and the elderly, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned in a drug safety […]
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Chronic Pain and the Opioid Crisis with Pharmacist Steve https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chronic-pain-and-the-opioid-crisis-with-pharmacist-steve/id1453792861 Steve Ariens joins us today. He is better known online as Pharmacist Steve. Steve has been a licensed pharmacist for over 50 years. He’s worked at hospitals, nursing homes, and he owned and operated an independent pharmacy for 20 years. Since retiring he has dedicated […]
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Myth #6 Pain Refugees taken off opioid. Who are they? .. Thomas Kline MD
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In 1915 thousands of doctors were arrested, and jailed when the federal drug police didn’t like doctors treating addicts. Narcotic police make up medical crimes. Arrests were reversed by Supreme Court in 1925 268 US 5, Court saying federal government had no place in state regulated medical issues. 104 years later – doctors are arrested […]
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or is it an irrational Fear of Addiction Phobia that makes us afraid when other addictions: alcohol, cocaine, amphetamines are more dangerous. He “takes drugs” dependent on which drug. Two classes of addiction are presented for the first time to begin to understand the horrible pain refugee crisis
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